Programs

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Why? The national organization is sponsoring a Contest using ASG Fabric.

See the winning fabric and colors at the bottom of this post.

When: Saturday, January 20, 2018

Where: Odd Fellows Hall, 4349 Cowell Road, Concord, CA

Fee: $15.00 for members / $25.00 for Non-Members

Time: 9:00 am to 2:30 pm

Note: Bring Your Lunch.

Do you have a question? – Contact Donna Alexander at ssfdonna@gmail.com or (510) 612-0749

Sit and Sew for the ASG Fabric Contest

Our goal is two-fold. One, to have a great showing of camp shirts made from the ASG Fabric Contest Winning design at this year’s conference in Las Vegas. The second goal and this is the best, is to have fun with our sewing friends and make a cool camp shirt too! Not interested in a camp shirt? Bring anything you would like to work on.

If you have your fabric or can get it in time, pre-launder and bring it with you. If not, then bring your camp shirt pattern for tissue fitting. If you would like to make a test garment, cotton muslin, or gingham, or another lightweight cotton, linen, or blend are great for test garments.

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Congratulations to Cecelia Harris on her winning design for the ASG 2017 Fabric Design Contest sponsored by Brother. She also created 3 companion designs that will make up our official ASG fabric line and can be purchased at MyFabricDesigns.com.

Cecelia’s winning design was selected by a vote by chapter presidents earlier this year. The winning entry was her original design that featured dress forms with the ASG logo inside, sitting on a background of scripted fabric names.

Materials List

Basic Camp Shirt Pattern (see below for suggestions) and/or other projects you plan to work on.

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